Walker had several memorable on screen fistfights, on Cheyenne and in the movies, with perennial bad guy Leo Gordon, one of the few actors big and mean enough to make such a fight realistic. Walker's twin sister, Neoma L. "Lucy" Westbrook, died Nov. 11, 2000 at her residence in Hartford, Illinois, aged 73.

Walker's good looks and imposing physique (he stood 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall with a 48 in (120 cm) chest and a 32 in (81 cm) waist) helped him land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne.

Standing 6'6" tall and weighing about 230 pounds, rugged 28-year-old Clint Walker was signed in 1955 to play the title role in the Warner Bros. TV show Cheyenne. Prior to his signing, he had made only one film, the comedy Jungle Gents (1954; with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) in which he portrayed Tarzan.

Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne. Walker was born in Hartford, Illinois; he was a twin, and is of one-quarter Cherokee descent.